1:04:11
-l say, Reeves?
-Yes, sir?
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Ever built a bridge
over a stream like the Kwai?
1:04:17
Yes, sir, half a dozen of them
in Madras, Bengal....
1:04:21
If this were your bridge...
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...how would you get it under way?
1:04:27
Get it under way, sir?
1:04:29
First of all,
l wouldn't build it here.
1:04:32
Oh, why not?
1:04:34
l was trying to tell you...
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...the Japanese couldn't have
picked a worse location.
1:04:40
You see those piles?
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They're sinking.
1:04:46
We could drive those logs
forever and they wouldn't hold.
1:04:50
Where would you build it?
1:04:53
Further downstream, sir.
Across those narrows.
1:04:57
Then we'd have solid bedrock
on both banks.
1:05:00
Hughes, if this were your bridge,
how would you use the men?
1:05:04
Not the way they're doing it.
It's chaos, as you can see.
1:05:10
Uncoordinated activity.
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No teamwork.
1:05:16
Some parties are working
against each other.
1:05:21
Yes.
1:05:25
l say, gentlemen, we have
a problem on our hands.
1:05:29
Thanks to the Japanese,
we command a rabble.
1:05:32
There's no order, no discipline.
1:05:35
-Our task is to rebuild the battalion.
-Yes, sir.
1:05:38
Which isn't going to be easy.
1:05:40
Fortunately, we have
the means at hand. The bridge.
1:05:44
-The bridge, sir?
-The bridge.
1:05:49
We'll teach them a lesson in Western
efficiency that'll put them to shame.
1:05:53
Show what a British
soldier is capable of.
1:05:56
Yes. I see your point, sir.
1:05:59
l know how difficult
it's going to be here...